localhost wont load

[landline]

I don't know whats wrong. I use xampp to test some website stuff, and see if I want to use it on my website. And so far xampp has been working great but last night i logged off my computer, then logged back on, and now localhost wont load. apache and MySQL start, but xampp doesnt load. I have tried localhost, localhost/phpmyadmin, 127.0.0.1, etc
I reinstalled xampp, and still same problem.
He is my error code i found in apache>logs>error

"An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket." And "Encountered too many errors accepting client connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.

[Sharley]

We require your XAMPP version and your Windows Version to provide the correct version support.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48331
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32670

Thanks.

[landline]

Oh, sorry. I'm using Windows Vista, service pack 1 i think..... It has been working for months, and all of a sudden it stopped.
And I was using xampp 17.1, then i uninstalled it, and now im using the new 1.7.7 but still same issue. except now the error code is
"(OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : winnt_accept: getsockname error on listening socket, is IPv6 available?"

[Sharley]

Often Windows automatic updates can be the culprit in issues like this.

Open your C:\Windows\Sytem32\Drivers\etc\HOSTS file by dragging it into an open text editor window and paste back here what you see.

Also you can open C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-mpm.conf and find this section and change it so it looks like this ie remove the # from Win32DiasbleAcceptEx

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# WinNT MPM
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in the server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum  number of requests a server process serves
# Win32DisableAcceptEx: Use accept() rather than AcceptEx() to accept network connections
<IfModule mpm_winnt_module>
    ThreadsPerChild      150
    MaxRequestsPerChild    0
    Win32DisableAcceptEx
</IfModule>

Then save this file and restart Apache and try again.

Good luck.

[Dvelvet84]

I had this same problem, and it was a Windows update that caused the problem as mentioned. I had attempted to remove the update, but it still did not work. Fortunately, my system had created a restore point before hand, so rolling back to before that restore point resolved my issue.

[mkozlov]

I just had the same problem and stumbled upon a solution. This is what worked for me:

Open this file: C:\Windows\Sytem32\Drivers\etc\HOSTS

Then find the following line and remove the leading '#' character.

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#   127.0.0.1       localhost